I am still so thrilled to have a story coming soon with the amazing @heartlines-spec.com. I cannot wait for readers to be introduced to my zombie apocalypse love letter to junk food: "At the End of the World, Meet Me by the Vending Machines." Red Dye No. 40 is coming your way! 🧟🍫

A visceral exploration of unhealthy relationships and the balance of power where emotions are involved as a man finds himself cheating on his boyfriend with space-time itself - Time-like Curves, Space-like Curves by PH Lee. reactormag.com/timelike-cur...

It only costs $10 to join the CSFFA and it lets you nominate and vote for the Aurora Awards! We’ll be nominating eligible pieces from our Canadian contributors, including our amazing cover artist Alice M. I say this every year, but it would mean everything to see our artists recognized with a win 🫀

What kind of programming will you find at TriCon? All kinds of stuff, like the Blue Pencil Cafe! Sign up for a 1-on-1 session with an editor! Spaces are limited, & sign-ups open December 22nd! Featuring @englelaird.bsky.social, @mythaxis.bsky.social, and @heartlines-spec.com, with more to come!

man we need more stories of platonic love that doesn’t fit the societal definition of standard friendship?? like we NEED that passionate intimate friendship shit that blurs the current lines so that people can be okay with having intense affection for someone they don’t want to romance or bone

November submissions are OPEN! The theme for the November submission period is REVOLUTIONS! We pay $0.10/word! More info on how to submit is on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...

Something romantic but body horror for halloween

I loved this one and still love coming back to it 🖤

This is a killer story.

there’s nothing scarier than just staying alive despite it all. but there is also? maybe nothing more rewarding

Hey kids, you know what’s really scary? 👀 Loving something with your whole heart 🖤 Yeah that’s right, Heartlines has scares too! Cosy up and let’s get spooky:

Nature-y issues are my vibe!! I have a little poem included called "Missing You, No Matter Where I Am" 🐦‍⬛🌒🌳🕯️ It's about how you can feel homesick and lost even if you're somewhere magical.

I am so delighted to have a seasonally appropriate little snowy gloom of a story coming out in this issue of @heartlines-spec.com alongside the zombies and sheep and decay!

SO excited to be in Heartlines soon! 🥰

It me! I'm the zombies! So stoked to have a story coming soon with Heartlines. This is such a great magazine and that TOC is filled with authors I admire. I am honored to be included and can't wait to share it with you.

It's Issue 9 and we're feeling fine! It might even be our first nature-y issue, there's zombies, sheep, all types of flora, and the slow decay of time. Issue 9 releases on November 30, $18CAD/year or join for free and get everything sent to your inbox 📬 Thank you to our newest contributors! 🫀

Hark! The skies darken, there's the chill in the wind, and figures loom on the horizon 👀 We called the corners because the Editor's are assembling tonight. West(ish) 🍃: @emilyyu.bsky.social North(ish) ☁️: @rebecca-b.bsky.social South(ish) 🔥: Jess Cho East(ish) 🌊: @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social

Delighted that my trans Bildungsroman fairytale, “And When She Shatters,” is included in this year’s Best Canadian Scifi 💜✨ (And that my lil name made the cover?! 👀👀) It’s officially launched, and you can snag your copy of all these wonderful pieces per Stephen’s guidelines below ;) GET CANSPEC !!

Going to take this opportunity to say: if you're a Common Bonds reader, you wanna be a Heartlines Spec reader too!!

I was lucky enough to meet Common Bonds creator @clh2oars.bsky.social at Can*Con. Currently obsessed with Busy Little Bees by @polenth.bsky.social — perfectly weird distillation of inheritance and found family

If you’re in a creative field and you don’t lift up the work of your peers, you can’t expect people to care about your stuff

JUMP ON THIS!! Angela Acosta is the real deal 😎 More proof needed? Here’s a lovely poem: www.heartlines-spec.com/in-slumber-w...

Long before Europeans ever arrived in what is now Canada, the Indigenous Peoples were celebrating autumn harvests. These celebrations included feasts, dancing and ceremonies. The Indigenous also held festivals to give thanks for the end of a long winter. 🧵 2/10

hey canadian friends you can tell the govt what you think about AI (🚮)! survey closes at the end of the month. it's a tad long but worth it. #CanPoli ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en...

On Spec was the very first SF magazine I ever bought a copy of, way way back when I was a teenager growing up in Alberta. They'll leave behind a big legacy, especially here in Canada.

💙 Best wishes for the staff! Take the rest and I can’t wait to see what new ventures are created.

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Absolutely gorgeous read 🥄👀

Look at this cover!!! LOOK AT IT 👀😍

Today is #TruthandReconciliation day today. People often talk as if residential schools are a thing of the past. They aren’t. They are still causing damage to this day. People who deny that they happened are still causing damage to this day. Survivors are still alive to this day.

🗓️ Mark your calendars! Come meet the team, snag limited edition print copies, & support our fellow local creatives these upcoming fall events! HUGE thanks to @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social, @canconsffh.bsky.social, TIFA, Kate Siklosi of Gap Riot Press, & @meetthepresses.bsky.social for inviting us!

AND THEY TAKE PLATONIC, ARO, AND ACE STORIES BTW 💖

DOOooooo IT!!! We'll have new submission readers to put the grindstone and make them regret their generous natures 😘 www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g...

WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

Tomorrow is Kickstarter launch daaaay! Tomorrow!! TOMORROW!!! We appreciate everyone who has signed up for the pre-launch campaign—there are 248 of you! Could we get to 250 in the next 24 hours? 👀 www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...

The Smart Search List of the Day is: Mainstream Science Fiction feat. @analogsf.bsky.social @heartlines-spec.com @trollbreathmag.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

I told you guys

Lovely to see Under the Skin by @authortrsteele.bsky.social mentioned in this roundup Read it now! Delicate prose perfect for delicate stitches: www.heartlines-spec.com/under-the-sk...

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year? How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

We ALREADY got our tickets 😍 Let's all be friends in Kjipuktuk | Halifax! Hills! History! Having deep conversations about speculative fiction and you buy books from us...

✨ 1 more week to go for submissions at @heartlines-spec.com ✨ Send us your SPEC fiction WITH a long-term relationship (familial or platonic or romantic)! Be sure to read the full guidelines here: www.heartlines-spec.com/submission-g... Happy writing! ✍️ #sff #spec #fantasy #scifi

Caribbean historical fantasy, imprisoned gods, and the complex bond between two sisters desperate to protect their home and each other. “For the Pursuit of the Better” is free to read at @heartlines-spec.com! 🧠 🌊 🪶 www.heartlines-spec.com/for-the-purs...

I am so excited that the Kjipuktuk/Halifax/Maritime community has our first speculative writing conference coming this May!! Check out the details on @tricon-hfx.bsky.social or tricon-Halifax.com!

Reminder: #bookish folks, starter packs for small press: * Canadian: go.bsky.app/D4YKenp * USA: go.bsky.app/S4HKBuC * Rest of world: go.bsky.app/S5N1WAY * Academic: go.bsky.app/EoXRRgy * plus, #Writers' orgs: go.bsky.app/2uiSCde aaand I post #SmallPress #books under #DSPBposts. 📚🌍 🌈📚 #Booksky 💙📚 🪐📚

I'm at @canconsffh.bsky.social in October! See me in my first-ever panels, or stop me in the hallway to talk about random things, like why I think it's hilarious that the Brookstreet Hotel's bar is called Options and the place where you get breakfast the next morning is called Perspectives.

Can*Con @canconsffh.bsky.social's schedule is officially out! Heartlines will be stationed in the vendor room for the weekend! Come say hi and talk about short fiction! www.can-con.org/events/live-...

One of my fave short stories I've read in the last year(ish)!

Our Kickstarter launches in TEN DAYS! September 29 is in fact SOMEHOW ten days away!!! We’re nervous and excited and SO ready. We're only screaming intermittently. Sign up to be notified when it launches. We have a lot of fun rewards and goals planned… you won’t want to miss this 👀

Giveaway now live! FF Patreons can enter win their choice of books by @kurellian.bsky.social @mariadongwrites.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social or magazines from @heartlines-spec.com @undertow.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/march-...

Delighted to see my Aurora-finalist trans Bildungsroman fairytale, “And When She Shatters” included in this years Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by @ourmankoto.bsky.social 🚀🧝 ✨ & this little @heartlines-spec.com tale gets to appear alongside many friends & Augur creators !!